Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Coolcor, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolcor
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Bawn
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78621, -7.57324
- SMR number
- LF010-029002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Associated with an unclassified castle (LF010-029001-). Depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure named ‘Castle’ (LF010-029001-) and ‘Bawn’. The monument has been levelled and, apart from large quantities of loose stone on the hill from SW–W–N, no visible surface trace survives. A rectangular area (6.3m NE–SW; 2.2m NW–SE), which is c. 0.2m lower than the external ground level, was noted c. 6m to the SE of the highest point of the hill. Its NE and NW sides are well defined but only the outline of the SE and SW sides are identifiable. It is unclear whether this feature is associated with the castle or bawn or whether it is the result of quarrying.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 3 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.